Licence and faithfulness: Taking liberties with kathā in classical Sanskrit poetry and aesthetics
This article concerns techniques whereby poets of classical Sanskrit literature (kāvya) interacted with their story materials (kathās), and conceptions in medieval Indian poetics (alaṃkāraśāstra) concerning their interaction. Taking ample poetic liberties enabled poets (kavis) of this tradition to a...
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Association for the Study of the History of Indian Thought
2016
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